Rigging your Tip Up
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Take your basic tip-up, and there are several brands out there available for less than $14.00. There are also several styles available. One company with the most available is HT Enterprise. Ranging anywhere from $7 to 12 something.
The next step is to put line on the spool. I take leftover Power Pro from my muskie reels. Its not enough to repool one of my casting reels, but more than enough to get 30 or so yards on the tip-up. Mason (no relation), a fine Michigan company has black dacron and vinyl coated line available. Choose a line with a thick enough diameter so that it won’t tangle easily when you bring a fish in through the hole. If you go with a super braid, I would go with at least 40 lb test, and 12 lb diameter. With a dacron line, 25 or 30 lb test is the way to go.
At the end of your line, attach a snap. Rated at either 30 or 60 lb works, and they arent too large. From there you can attach mono or fluorocarbon if you want to try fishing for walleye. You can do the jig and minnow, jig and sinker, hook and sinker or spoon and dropper presentation at the end. Depends on the movement of the minnow and the attitude of the walleye.
If pike are what you are chasing, then a steel leader or some type of quick strike rig is preferred.
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